Local and Statewide Scholarships ● ICAN Scholarship Database ○ Various Deadlines ● Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship ○ A state-funded program for Iowans who: ■ Are new high school graduates starting college full-time or adult learners starting college at least part-time ■ Have applied for all other available aid ■ Plan to earn a credential for a high-demand job ○ Deadline - July 1, 2020 ● Iowa 4-H Foundation Scholarships ○ Various Deadlines and Eligibilities ● Iowa Financial Know-How Challenge: Senior Scholarship ○ To qualify for the scholarship, students must: ■ Register online Oct. 15, 2019–Feb. 21, 2020. ■ Complete two online financial literacy tutorials and a related online assessment created by Iowa Student Loan. ● Elks National Foundation Scholarship Program ○ For the 2020 contest, any child or grandchild (or step-child, step-grandchild, or legal ward) of a living Elk who joined the order on or before April 1, 2017, or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2017, is eligible to apply. The Elk must also be a paid-up member through March 31, 2020. Great-grandchildren are not eligible. ○ The applicant must be a high school senior. ○ The applicant must apply online only. ○ If the applicant's parent and grandparent are both Elk members, the applicant must apply through the parent's Elks Lodge. ○ Applicants must take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) in time to received their scores before the application deadline by December 31, 2019. ○ Students may apply for more than one ENF scholarship; however, they may win only one. In cases where the student qualifies for more than one, we will award the scholarship with the greater value. Students can accept local and state scholarships, which are separate from the awards at the national level. ○ Deadline: January 31, 2020 at 11:59 a.m. Central Time. ● National Wild Turkey Federation's - Dr. James Earl Kennamer Scholarship ○ Eligibility Flyer ○ Local Chapter ■ Ottumwa, IA ■ Wapello County Struttin' Toms, IA ■ For information on this chapter, contact: ■ Daniel Martin -- [email protected] -- (309) 645-5078 ○ Deadline - January 1, 2020 ● Iowa School Counselor Association - High School Senior Scholarship ○ For 12th grade students attending a high school in Iowa ○ Applicants must submit a 250 word (maximum) essay about a school counselor who made a difference during their K-12 career. ○ The winner will be announced during National School Counseling Week. ○ Deadline: January 10, 2020 ● NIAAA Student Athlete Scholarship ○ Mininum requirements: ■ Applicant must be a senior in high school ■ Applicant must have achieved at least two (2) of the following: (a) minimum of B+ average; (b)ranked in the top 25% of class; (c) ACT score of 24 or an SAT score of 1100 (Math and Reading) ■ Applicant must have participated in two sports for at least two years in each sport ■ Applicant must have earned at least one varsity letter in each of two sports ■ Applicant must complete attached scholar/essay application ■ Applicant must have a letter of recommendation from the high school athletic administrator/director ■ School athletic administrator/director must be an NIAAA member and a member of their respective state athletic administrators association ■ The principal or athletic administrator/director must sign the application to ensure that the academic information submitted is accurate ■ All hard copy materials must be postmarked or electronic materials sent to the NIAAA Liaison in your respective state by your states deadline. ■ **Make sure to have your application signed by Mr. Maas or Mr. Egbert ■ **Recommendations - make sure you give them plenty of time to write them and sign the application ○ Deadline: January 13, 2020 ● Timberline Billing Services, LLC.- Scholarship Award ○ The student must either have an active IEP or had an IEP anytime during their Secondary school years. ○ Scholarship Application ○ Deadline: January 15, 2020 ● National FFA Collegiate Scholarships ○ 2020-2021 Scholarship Catalog ○ Deadline - January 15, 2020 - Online supplements January 22, 2020 ● Mediacom World Class Scholars Scholarship Program ○ Deadline - February 15, 2020 ● United States JCI Senate Foundation Scholarship ○ Must be sent to: ■ John Buttolph #46346 ■ 2823 Northwood Drive ■ Ames, IA 50010 ○ Deadline - January 24, 2020 ● Seaboard Foods: Children of Employees Scholarship Program ○ Seaboard Foods will award scholarships to students who have at least one parent/guardian who works for Seaboard Foods, Seaboard Transport and/or Seaboard Energy. ○ Deadline - January 31, 2020 ● Community Scholarsip Program - Sponsored by Seaboard Foods ○ Applicant must live in Wapello County ○ All applicants must be graduating high school seniors or equivalent. ○ All applicants must enroll full-time in a higher education institution of their choice (technical school, two-year college, or four-year college) for the 2020-2021 academic year. ○ All applicants must have submitted the application online. No paper applications will be accepted. ○ Incomplete applications will not be scored. ○ Deadline - January 31, 2020 ● Iowa National Guard Scholarships ○ Deadline - Various, depends on the scholarship ● Garrett's Path College Scholarship ○ Must be a high school senior ○ Must have a 3.0 GPA ○ Deadline: February 1, 2020 ● Grand Lodge of Iowa - Masonic Scholarship Application ○ Applicants need not have a Masonic connection ○ Deadline - February 1, 2020 ● H.L. Taylor Scholarship ○ Deadline - February 1, 2020 ● Drake Physics Prize ○ Any, student, freshman - senior year can apply ○ Applicant must take an exam covering opics normall studied in the first semester of high school physics ○ Must be registered by Monday, February 3, 2020 by 1:00 PM ○ Please see Ms. Eakins in the counseling office ● Sons & Daughters Scholarships - Sponsored by Pella Corporation ○ Applicant must be a son or daughter of an employee (includes adopted children and stepchildren who reside with employee, and children whose legal guardian is an employee) who has completed one or more years of continuous service by January 1, 2020, and is actively employed on March 31, 2020, at the following locations ■ Pella Corporation (includes Pella-owned manufacturing sites), Bonelli, Duratherm, Grabill, Reilly, or one of the Pella-owned sales subsidiaries located in Chicago, Detroit, Hawaii-Southern California, Jacksonville, Orlando, Rockford, Seattle, and West Caldwell. ○ Sons and daughters of deceased or retired employees with one or more years of continuous employment and who were full-time employees at the time of death or retirement are also eligible to apply. ○ Applicants must be graduating high school seniors within the United States. ○ Minimum 2.5 GPA ○ Deadline- February 11, 2020 ● Iowa Newspaper Foundation (INF) Scholarship ○ Deadline - February 14, 2020 ● Conservation Districts of Iowa Scholarships ○ Deadline - February 14, 2020 ■ Applicants must submit their scholarship applications to the SWCD Office in the county which they reside in. Visit https://idals.iowa.gov/FARMS/index.php/districtMap and select your ​ county on the map to locate your county SWCD Office. ● Fahrney Education Foundation Trust ○ Applicant must be a current resident of Wapello County, Iowa. ○ Applicant must have resided in Wapello County for 1 or more years. ○ Applicant must be attending a college/university in Iowa. ○ Applicant must be enrolled in a full-time course of study in a 2-year Iowa college associate of arts or science program leading to a 4-year course of study and bachelor degree OR enrolled in a 4-year accredited Iowa college or university leading toward a bachelor degree or post-graduate degree. ○ Deadline - February 15, 2020 ● Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Scholarship ○ Scholarship requirements can be found on the last pages of the application ○ An additional scholarship will be awarded to a Wapello County resident ■ Edward W. & Isabelle M. Klodt Memorial Scholarship ■ Same requirements as the Federation Scholarship ○ Deadline - February 28, 2020 ● Hy-Vee Foundation Scholarship ○ Applicant must be: ■ A high-school senior employed with Hy-Vee (office, distribution, retail) or subsidiary locations who began employment on or before September 15, 2019 or a high school senior son or daughter of a full-, regular-, or part-time Hy-Vee or subsidiary employee who has a minimum of six months employment as of September 15, 2019. ○ Deadline - Must be postmarked by February 28, 2020 ● The Mary I. Fitzgerald Scholarship Program ○ The Iowa Grocers Education Foundation (IGEF) will award $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors and undergraduate students who are children of full-time employees or $1,500 scholarships to students who are full-time or part-time employees of firms that are members of the Iowa Grocery Industry Association (IGIA). ○ Deadlline - March 1, 2020 ● J. Ralph and Gladys Meier Scholarship Trust ○ This trust was created exclusively for educational purposes. It allows students who have graduated or will graduate from high schools in Wapello, Keokuk, and Mahaska counties and who are scholastically ranked in the upper one half of their graduation class to apply for the scholarship. ○ Deadline- postmarked by March 1, 2020 ● Edward J. Schwartz Perpetual Educational Trust Foundation Scholarship ○ Applicants must live in Wapello County ○ Applicant must be enrolled in full-time undergraduate course study at St. Ambrose University, University of Iowa, Iowa State University, or the University of Northern Iowa. ○ Deadline - March